You're Acting Funny

Have you ever made a change for the better and seems like “opposition”
slapped you in the face?  You know like
stepping up your relationship with Christ and your friends say things like, “Oh
you’re too good to go to the club now?”  Or
how about this one, you stop smoking and your cigarette buddies say “So you give
up smoking and now you think you’re better than us???”  Now to me, both of these are “WTH” situations
and may seem hard to believe, but it has actually happened to a lot of you
reading this blog.   

You reached a point you no longer wanted to live the way you
were living, so you made up your mind to improve your situation.   You
wanted better, to live life to the fullest and painfully as it may be, those
you love weren’t quite as happy and excited as you were about the change. Now
some people would consider these people as haters, but in actuality they aren’t,
they’re afraid.  Afraid of “change”, being
exposed, you leaving, stepping up to the plate and joining you, and some are
afraid you will discover the GREATNESS WITHIN. Their fear of the “change in you”
becomes “insecurity”, “insecurity” becomes “desperation”, “desperation” becomes
“manipulation”, “manipulation” becomes “control”.

 Many of you are being
manipulated today and don’t even know it… 
You believe this person is looking out for you, yet they’re truly
looking out for themselves.  They don’t
want you to change because it will either require change in them or for you to
leave….  So they make comments and do
subtle things to discourage you.  They’ve
been planting seeds of doubt and fear so long until you’re clueless to it.

I have several friends who are in relationships or married and
one of their biggest problems starts when one decides to lose WEIGHT.  One person in the relationship starts eating
a bowl of oatmeal, and the other eats a bowl of ENVY.  “You’ve been overweight for years, so why all
of sudden are you trying to lose weight? 
Who are you trying to impress???”   As inappropriate as this may seem, it’s
happening to more people than you know.  Statements
like this are made to manipulate you into feeling awkward and bad about what
you’re doing, they want you to question your motives and secretly they hope you
will give up.      

The truth is…  When
you decide to make a change, everyone will not be happy for you.  It doesn’t make them bad people, YOU are the
one who decided to make a change.   “Change”
is not only hard for the person who’s making it, but sometimes for those who
have to watch it.  When making changes in
our lives, we must be prepared for opposition. 
We must be willing to be patient with those we love, but we must also be
prepared to cut them loose if they try and hold us back.  Whoever this blog is for today, keep moving
in the direction you’re going.  Change is
a good thing, if you’re not moving forward, you’re being left behind. 

Don’t allow the words or actions of those around cause you
to stop….  They may think and even say “You’re
acting funny”, but the joke is on them. 
You’re not acting funny, they’re just acting the same…  #Change #LiveBetter #ThinkBetter